Editorial commentaries on the domestic and global seafood industry.
By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
07 May, 2012
It’s a sustainability jungle, was how Nguyen Huu Dzung, VP of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), summed up the morass of aquaculture certification schemes currently being pushed by various NGOs.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
04 May, 2012
Project Ocean — the flashy campaign led by high-end London retailer Selfridges & Co. — is marking its first anniversary with a focus on educating youth on the importance of seafood sustainability.
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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
02 May, 2012
The group’s sustainability director talks about what’s driving growth in the frozen seafood sector, why Scandinavian consumers are embracing sustainable seafood and the future of Findus Nordic.
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By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
30 April, 2012
Chile is the world’s No. 2 farmed salmon producer, and who’s to say that it won’t surpass Norway to become No 1.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
30 April, 2012
Curious what your fellow SeafoodSource readers are viewing? Here’s a rundown of the website’s five most-read stories and commentaries of April 2012.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
30 April, 2012
The 20th edition of the European Seafood Exposition is now a memory. All indications are that this year’s event was a successful one, despite Europe’s not-so-favorable economy.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
26 April, 2012
Despite it being the final day of the show, there's still plenty to do on Day 3.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
26 April, 2012
Which mainstream media outlets attended the European Seafood Exposition? What’s Commissioner Damanaki up to? And who’s this penguin on the show floor?
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 April, 2012
As part of SeafoodSource’s “Ask the Editor” segment, SeafoodSource Editor Steven Hedlund and SeaFood Business Editor and Associate Publisher Fiona Robinson talk about another one of the main themes of this year’s European Seafood Exposition — the evolution of seafood eco-labels and certification schemes.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 April, 2012
As part of SeafoodSource’s “Ask the Editor” segment, SeafoodSource Editor Steven Hedlund and Mary Larkin, VP of seafood expositions for event-organizer Diversified Business Communications, talk about the 20th edition of the European Seafood Exposition and what exhibitors and visitors are saying about the show.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
25 April, 2012
India’s Dish Hospitality is on a roll, Phillips Foods takes on the European market and East Coast Seafood’s Michael Tourkistas reminisces about his 20 years at the European Seafood Exposition.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 April, 2012
As part of SeafoodSource’s “Ask the Editor” segment, Editor Steven Hedlund and Contributing Editor Lindsey Partos talk about one of the main themes of this year’s European Seafood Exposition — the breadth of packaging innovation.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 April, 2012
As part of SeafoodSource’s “Ask the Editor” segment, Editor Steven Hedlund and Contributing Editor Jason Holland talk about another one of the main themes of this year’s European Seafood Exposition — Europe’s lagging economy, what hasn’t changed since the financial crisis of 2008 and the importance of value.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
24 April, 2012
Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and Seafood Prix d’Elite winner Kaviari are among those making headlines on Day 1 of the European Seafood Exposition.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
24 April, 2012
There was no shortage of news from Day 1 of the show, from new products to sustainability initiatives, including the Norwegian Seafood Federation introducing a new country-wide seafood identification system.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
20 April, 2012
The CEO of New Zealand King Salmon is bullish about the company’s growth potential in the European market and fired up about its soon-to-be-launched premium brand of king salmon.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
20 April, 2012
What’s it take to judge a new products competition? SeafoodSource has an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Seafood Prix d’Elite.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
20 April, 2012
Follow us as we blog live from the 20th edition of the European Seafood Exposition, which kicks off on Tuesday.
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By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
16 April, 2012
The role of NGOs in safeguarding the contents of our oceans will be one of the many issues raised at next week’s European Seafood Exposition.
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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
10 April, 2012
France, Spain and Italy are reacting to a downturn in seafood consumption by forging ahead with consumer campaigns pushing seafood’s health attributes and encouraging consumption of local fish.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
06 April, 2012
The suspended MSC eco-label for Atlantic mackerel adds further weight to the long-running dispute over quota sizes and may spell immediate disaster for niche supply chains such as Hastings mackerel.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
05 April, 2012
The National Geographic Channel’s new “Wicked Tuna” program follows the crews of five bluefin tuna vessels based in Gloucester, Mass. It’s as educational as it is entertaining.
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 April, 2012
Miss the education program at last month’s International Boston Seafood Show? Well, it’s not too late.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
03 April, 2012
At the European Seafood Exposition later this month, talk of a lagging European Union economy will likely echo through the cavernous halls of the Parc des Expositions de Bruxelles. But will it reverberate the loudest?
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By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
02 April, 2012
Vietnamese pangasius farmers are being urged not to panic following the recent collapse of Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Co., one of the country’s biggest pangasius processors.
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